It’s actually a wild story: Front range resident Nora Pykkonen was considering a move to the mountains to help her ski-racing kids be closer to the snow. Instead of buying a house on the slopes, she bought a slope next to the city — with the intentions of making it into a private ski-racing training facility.

We told you it was wild — potentially unprecedented, even!

What do you think? Will you miss Echo’s crazy proximity to Denver, or do you love the out-there story of a mom buying a ski mountain for her kids (and their teams)?

Travel and Fitness Editor Kyle Wagner grew up in Pittsburgh and lived in Lake County, Ill., and Naples, Fla., before moving to Denver in 1993, where she reviewed restaurants for Westword before moving to The Denver Post in 2002. She considers the best days to be those that involve her teenage daughters and doing something outside, preferably mountain biking or whitewater rafting.

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